Rail with joint-support for railways.



H. L. STILLMAN.

RAIL WITH JOINT SUPPORT FOR RAILWAYS.

APPLICATION FILED IEB. 4, 1914.

1,099,948. Patentd June 16, 1914.

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HERBERT L. STILLMAN, OF WESTERLY, RHODE ISLAND.

RAIL WITH J OINT-SUPPORT FOR RAILWAYS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 16, 1914.

Application filed February 4, 1914. Serial No. 816,557.

tended in general for the use of ordinary" vehicles with flangeless wheels, but more particularly intended for full dual tired wheels on commercial automobile vehicles.

The invention will be fully understood from the following description, when taken. in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 indicates a cross section of one of my rails with a metal joint support placed on a stringer with a dual tired wheel thereon. Fig. 2 indicates a plan View of a rail removed. Fig. 3 indicates the joint support.

Referring by letter to said drawings: a indicates a plan View of a metal joint sup port. a indicates a cross section. b indicates a cross section of the rail, 0 indicates the rubber tires of the wheel. 65 indicates a grooved central metal tread in the wheel. 6 indicates rail joint in Fig. 2. f indicates apertures for fastenings.

In further description of the rail, it is composed of a metal plate having two horizontal side wings with a central elevated portion, being beveled upwardly toward each other at an angle of approximately forty-five degrees, and terminating centrally in a slightly rounded ridge (as shown in the cross section) with a corresponding groove on the underside of the same, in which the triangular metal joint support is located, between dotted lines as shown in Fig. 2. It will thus be seen that the long beveled sides of the rail head will allow turning out of, or entering on the rail without breaking or unduly straining the wheels, as results from ordinary rails having a projecting shoulder, but will properly guide ordinary steel tired vehicles running either inside or outside of the rail head projections, and that Wider tired wheels may be grooved so as to run centrally on the rails, and in case of dual rubber tired vehicles, the rubber tires may run outside on the wood sections of the stringer without injury to the Wood and getting an increased adhesion thereby, the wood being faced with the wings of the rail sections. Broad faced rails will endanger slipping of horses feet in traction, or pulling thereon. It will be further seen that with the lightness of the metal plate rails, and light joint supports, a very economical railway can be produced succeeding in light traflic in locations that would be prohibitive financially to more expensive railways.

Having described this invention, I claim- The improved rail with side Wings and the beveled, angular top, with a corresponding groove on the underside, combined with the triangular metal joint support as specified.

HERBERT L. STILLMAN. Witnesses:

JAs. A. DUNN,

RAYMOND H. Hrsoox.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G." 

